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<h1>About prompted reports</h1>
<p class="whs1">A prompt is a question presented to the user 
 who runs the report. Any report can contain prompts. Depending on the 
 answers the user provides, the report brings back and displays different 
 data from your data source. </p>
<p class="whs1">Answering a prompted report differently each 
 time it is executed is one way to ensure that a report is executed against 
 your data source and displays the most recent data, rather than pulling 
 results from the cached data. This is because different prompt answers 
 usually require different data than what is stored in the report&rsquo;s 
 cache. For a detailed introduction to report caching, see the <span style="font-style: italic;"><I>MicroStrategy 
 Basic Reporting Guide</I></span>.</p>
<p class="whs1">How you answer a prompt differs depending on 
 the type of prompt you are presented with. Prompts can be divided into 
 the following groups, based on what is required to answer them: </p>
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<li style=" color: #000000; " class=p><p class="whs1">Prompts 
 that request you to <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>select items from 
 a list</B></span>, to define the data you want to see on the report. For those 
 with a wider knowledge of prompt design, these types of prompts include 
 attribute element list prompts and object prompts.</p></li>
</ul>
<p class="whs3">To answer prompts by selecting from a list, 
 see 
<a href="Answer_prompt_using_list.htm">Answering a prompt by selecting 
 answers from a list</a>.</p>
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<li style=" color: #000000; " class=p><p class="whs1">Prompts 
 that request you to<span style="font-weight: bold;"><B> type in specific 
 values or text to search for</B></span>, such as a specific date, a number, 
 or a word. For those with a wider knowledge of prompt design, these types 
 of prompts are called value prompts, and include date prompts, numeric 
 prompts, text prompts, long prompts, and Big Decimal prompts.</p></li>
</ul>
<p class="whs3">To answer prompts by typing text or values, 
 see 
<a href="Answer_prompt_with_value.htm">Answering a prompt by typing 
 a specific value</a>.</p>
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<li style=" color: #000000; " class=p><p class="whs1">Prompts 
 that request you to <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>form a more complex 
 statement of the data</B></span> you want to see displayed on the report. 
 When you define a statement, you are creating a filter for the report. 
 This group of prompts can be divided into two subsets:</p></li>
	<ul type="square" class="whs4">
		
<li style=" color: #000000; " class=p><p class="whs1">Prompts 
 for which you <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>create a filter based on 
 an attribute</B></span>, or business concept. For those with a wider knowledge 
 of prompt design, these types of prompts include hierarchy qualification 
 prompts and attribute qualification prompts.</p></li>
	</ul>
</ul>
<p class="whs5">To answer prompts by creating a filter based 
 on an attribute, see 
<a href="Answer_prompt_filter_on_attribute.htm">Answering 
 a prompt by defining a filter based on an attribute</a>.</p>
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<li style=" color: #000000; " class=p><p class="whs1">Prompts 
 for which you <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>create a filter based on 
 a metric</B></span>, or calculation of business data. For those with a wider 
 knowledge of prompt design, these types of prompts are metric qualification 
 prompts.</p></li>
	</ul>
</ol>
<p class="whs5">To answer prompts by creating a filter based 
 on a metric, see 
<a href="Answer_prompt_filter_on_metric.htm">Answering 
 a prompt by defining a filter based on a metric calculation</a>.</p>
<p class="whs7">&nbsp;</p>
<p class="whs7">Related topics</p>
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<li class=p><p>
<a HREF="Running_reports.htm">Running a report</a></p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>
<a href="Creating_prompts.htm">About prompts</a></p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>
<a href="Prompt_types.htm">Types of prompts</a></p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>
<a href="Creating_prompts.htm">Creating prompts</a></p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>
<a href="Add_prompts_to_reports.htm">Adding a prompt 
 to a report</a></p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>
<a href="Save_prompt_answers.htm">Saving and reusing 
 prompt answers</a></p></li>
</ul>
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